Tutors for Tibetans is dedicated to providing tutors, classrooms, and basic school supplies as well as clean water and nutritious meals to the Tibetan children who currently live in the nine refugee camps around Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, South India. Since the 1970’s, when the monastery and the first camps were established, the Tibetan community … Read More “Tutors for Tibetans” »
Presently, TCIA offers two free and public meditation courses. Both classes have the group follow along a designated book until completion. We have copies available of these books for purchase at both Sunday and Wednesday meditation sessions, with all proceeds benefiting TCIA. Due to COVID concerns, both meditation classes are conducted online via Zoom. Please subscribe … Read More “Meditation Classes” »
To the Bhagavan Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambudda Endowed with wisdom and merit, Gone to Bliss, Knower of the World, the Unsurpassed. Steersman taming beings, Teacher of humans and gods, Bhagavan, Buddha, glorious Conqueror Shakyamuni I prostrate, offer and go for refuge. To the Bhagavan Tathagata Arhat Samyak Sambudda Endowed with wisdom and merit, Gone … Read More “Recitation Preliminary to Teaching” »
The Institute sponsors regular Dharma and meditation instruction to the Northwest Arkansas community. The Land of Infinite Bliss Retreat Center is currently under construction in Madison County, Arkansas. When completed, the Center will provide a safe and peaceful area for private meditation retreats and other activities. Geshe Dorjee is available for private spiritual advising, blessings and consecrations, … Read More “A Spiritual Community” »
Ven. Geshe Thupten Dorjee, born Sonam Peldan in Tibet in 1959, left with his parents to exile in Bhutan where they lived for 9 years in poverty after leaving Tibet. He with other exiled Tibetans helped reestablish a Tibetan settlement in Bhutan in the 1960s and became a monk at age 11 at the Monastery … Read More “Geshe Thupten Dorjee” »
Our VisionTo build a community of love and compassion through preserving the culture of the Tibetan people and Tibetan Buddhism. Our Mission To support the sangha community through teachings, retreats and community gatherings. To support outreach programs for youth, elderly and other exiled Tibetans in India. To foster an environment for exiled Tibetans and … Read More “Welcome to the Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas” »
Sidney Burris grew up in Virginia and received his B.A. degree in Classical Studies from Duke University. After graduating, he studied in Europe at the University of Vienna (German language and literature), and returned to Duke where he completed a year of German and Greek. At the University of Virginia, he did graduate work in … Read More “Sidney Burris” »
Since 2006, TCIA has been dedicated to education and cultural exchange with success in supporting Tibetans in exile around the world and the creation of an active local community in Arkansas. Our activities include: A Spiritual Community – TCIA founder, Geshe Dorjee, has a myriad of activities every month: from public and private teachings, meditation … Read More “Programs & Outreach” »
May all beings Everywhere Plagued by sufferings of body and mind, Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits. May no living creature suffer, Commit evil or ever fall ill. May no one be afraid or belittled, With a mind weighed down by depression. May the blind see … Read More “Dedication Prayer” »
The TEXT (Tibetans in Exile Today) Program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville is run in conjunction with the Fulbright College Honors Program and the Study Abroad Office, TEXT began in the summer of 2008 an oral history project designed to gather and record the stories of Tibetans who are currently living in exile in … Read More “TEXT: Tibetans in Exile Today” »